I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 641 In the end, we're just a part of the play.
Inside the office, Ji Yunshi and Xu Qingzhou discussed the details of today's negotiations in detail. After handing over the meeting minutes, Ji Yunshi got up to leave.

Negotiation.

Basically, it involves laying out the conditions of both sides, and then negotiating and pulling each other along little by little.

While Xu Qingzhou was reviewing the meeting minutes, Song Yao, who had just finished her meeting with the people from Zero Point Technology, also came in.

"Busy working?"

Xu Qingzhou closed the file.

"Yes, they're working on the documents. Ross reported that the US has already approved the equipment purchase plan, trying to put pressure on us."

As they had anticipated, during the negotiations, the United States invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to review the equipment purchased by the institute.

Ross arranged for Ira Johnson, an employee of the offshore company, to travel to Germany to prepare for the simultaneous implementation of the second procurement plan.

As she spoke, Song Yao had already hung up the clothes, then hugged Xu Qingzhou from behind, saying pitifully, "I'm so tired."

Xu Qingzhou nodded.

"Please sit over there for a while."

Xu Qingzhou turned his head, pecked the girl on the cheek, and whispered, "Wait for me for 10 minutes. There's another project application that we need to sign."

During this period, the research institute submitted three more research proposals.

One of the studies was on the miniaturization of superconducting magnets, which was quite interesting.

"Did Lao Ji tell you about today's negotiations?" Song Yao let go of Xu Qingzhou, took her tablet, and went to the sofa to look at the documents.

"As I said, it was expected. Now it's just a matter of who makes concessions."

"Shouldn't you come up with a black box solution? See how to turn the ALD coating temperature control algorithm and graphene interface doping process into encrypted modules?"

"You've reminded me."

The negotiations lasted for two days; this was the first phase of negotiations. The second phase will begin after the Spring Festival.

It has been basically finalized on the ITER side that they will apply for the ITER-related technology development plan, use its cryogenic irradiation device (-269℃/20T) free of charge to verify its performance, enter the ITER backup technology pool, and replace the US Luvata or EU suppliers.

This means that the superconducting magnets for ITER will be supplied by China's production line.

Of course, the core process references the magnetic flux algorithm model of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and is packaged in a black box, with the interface only authorized to third-party devices.

The black box packaging uses binary firmware to burn the ALD device controller, compiling the ALD deposition temperature gradient, YO nano-doping technology, quantum-level interface engineering, and other technologies based on the patented substrate-free NbSn superconducting thin film technology using ALD and graphene substrates into an encrypted DLL file.

By employing a dual black-box encapsulation approach of "firmware-based process parameters + secret material formulation technology," a balance between technology protection and commercialization is achieved.

As for individual institutions, the only one that has been fully confirmed so far is the Max Planck Institute in Germany, which will use superconducting thin films for the W7-X stellarator upgrade project.

Once a patent is licensed out, there is a risk of it being reverse engineered, since many aberration electron microscopes can now resolve the atomic layer structure of thin films.

While analysis is possible, replicating the product and then adjusting the parameters to maintain its original performance while avoiding patent lawsuits will likely take some time.

This generational advantage of superconducting thin films cannot be hidden.

Unless Xia Guo only uses it in classified projects like nuclear fusion, the technology will be exposed in fields such as power grids and medicine, as long as it is involved in these fields.

If not
It feels like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight of your own.

This is also why Xu Qingzhou openly disclosed the technology back then.

No matter how you look at it, licensing the patents is necessary; the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. The essence of the negotiation is the struggle for technological sovereignty and strategic influence.

ITER requires high-performance superconducting thin films to upgrade the magnet system. China can exchange technology access for core patents such as plasma confinement algorithms, which can also reduce the market share of US Luvata and European Bruker, and reshape the global superconducting industry landscape.

This is exactly what the Xia Kingdom needs most.

The next game will be between the two countries.

Princeton, USA.

Professor Maxwell's office also welcomed a guest, Solly Collins, an official from the U.S. Department of Energy.

"The Department of Energy plans to invest another sum of money in you."

"Invest money?" Professor Maxwell was taken aback. According to the experimental plan, their experiment was in its final stage, and it might be completed in a few months.

“Yes, Professor Maxwell, the Department of Energy hopes you can make higher-performance superconducting thin films,” Collins nodded.

“Mr. Collins, from a theoretical perspective, our superconducting thin film data has already reached the current theoretical range, and it is difficult to improve it further.”

"Theoretically? Theoretically, could Xu Qingzhou and his team produce a superconducting thin film with Jc≥5.0×10A/cm?"

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Professor Maxwell fell silent.

Okay, theoretically speaking, science develops step by step. Who in their right mind could directly increase Jc to 5.0×10A/cm?

Collins sighed and said, "You must have heard that our negotiations with Xia Kingdom haven't been going very smoothly."

Maxwell nodded.

Collins said slowly, "My superior wants to acquire Xu Qingzhou and his team's technology for free, or at a very low cost."

"So, we're just one link in the chain of events between the US and China."

To be honest, after more than a year of open and covert struggles with Xu Qingzhou's team, Professor Maxwell has developed some psychological trauma. This guy doesn't play by the rules at all.

Collins said with a smile, "Actually, without Xu Qingzhou, your superconducting thin film performance would already be number one in the world."

"Unfortunately, for those who do scientific research, there is no such thing as 'if'."

Professor Maxwell said helplessly.

Collins smiled and asked another question: "If you were to make your current products into superconducting magnets, would they be able to meet the needs of the United States' current controlled nuclear fusion experiments?"

Professor Maxwell shrugged: "Mr. Collins, I assure you, your equipment maintenance workers might have to sleep on the lab floor, and the cost of repairing the equipment would be more than building the entire facility."

While controlled nuclear fusion doesn't explode like fission, it involves highly sophisticated equipment, and any malfunction could have a butterfly effect.

Overhauling such large equipment is no easy task.

They did increase the Jc value of the superconducting thin film to 4.0, but stability remains a major issue, requiring at least five months of iterative experiments.

Professor Maxwell remained silent for a long time before asking curiously, "Why don't you just lower your demands and do what those guys at the Max Planck Institute did and exchange technology?"

"This is indeed the best way, but it also means admitting to bowing down to Xia. The Xia people have made rapid technological progress in recent years and have simply stolen the technology of the United States and its allies."

(End of this chapter)